PRODUCER / BAND LEADER LEON MICHELS ONCE AGAIN REINTERPRETS WU-TANG COMPOSITIONS FOR A LIVE BAND

RETURN TO THE 37TH CHAMBER OUT APRIL 14 ON BIG CROWN RECORDS

El Michels Affair - Iron Man

Return to The 37th Chamber is the highly anticipated follow up to 2009's underground cult classic Enter the 37th Chamber and this time, in addition to re-interpreting the Wu-Tang compositions for a live band, EMA pays homage to the production and sonic fog that makes a RZA beat so recognisable.

Producer and bandleader Leon Michels recorded the album completely analog, sometimes hitting six generations of tape before it was ready for mixing, giving the Return to The 37th Chamber it's own hazy sound. Adding to the unique fidelity, the record is laced with psychedelic flourishes, 'John Carpenter' synths, heavy metal guitars, triumphant horns, and traditional Chinese instruments that make up for the lack of the Wu's superlative vocals. From start to finish it's a dark trip that walks the line between RZA's timeless hip-hop aesthetic and the cinematic soul EMA has become known for.

El Michels Affair will release Return To The 37th Chamber on April 14 via Big Crown Records and we now have a killer video for 'Iron Man', that premiered today at Mass Appeal. The animation is a mini revenge saga the publication calls, "a blend of bugged-out martial arts imagery with a healthy dose of straight-up mayhem." The track is a live band reworking of the 'Iron's Theme' interlude from theGhostface album, Supreme Clientele.

The 'Iron Man' video was directed by artistEl Oms,who met Leon through The Arcs and has become a huge fan of EMA. "Making this video really brought me back to my younger days," he says. "I grew up watching martial art movies and listening to Wu-Tang and when I heard El Michels Affair's Enter The 37th Chamber I was blown away by the way the album captured those elements and still sounded original. So being able to work on Return To The 37th Chamber was truly amazing. I try to capture those same elements on the 'Iron Man' video and give it this originality but still have the old traditional martial arts movie feel to it."